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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 24, 1922
Died
January 25, 1990
Place of Birth
Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
Also Known As
- Ava Lavinia Gardner
- A. Gardner
- Ава Гарднер
- 에바 가드너
- エヴァ・ガードナー
Ava Gardner
3.2 Popularity
Biography
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was a renowned American actress and one of the most iconic stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. Born on December 24, 1922, in Grabtown, North Carolina, she grew up in a rural setting before being discovered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1941. Initially cast in minor roles, her breakthrough came with the film noir classic The Killers (1946), which established her as a leading lady. Gardner's career flourished in the 1950s with notable performances in films like Mogambo (1953), for which she received an Academy Award nomination, The Barefoot Contessa (1954), and The Night of the Iguana (1964). Known for her beauty and talent, she worked with some of the most celebrated directors and actors of her time. Off-screen, Gardner's personal life attracted significant attention, including her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra. She spent her later years in Spain and London, continuing to act until the mid-1980s. Ava Gardner passed away on January 25, 1990, in London, leaving behind a legacy as one of Hollywood's most enduring legends.
Known For
7.7
Self (archive footage)
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023
7.4
Self (archive footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
6.9
Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
2018
6.9
Self (archive footage)
Chavela
2017
5.8
Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
2015
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Fallout
2013
Credits
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.7
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.4
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
Beautiful Like a Poem
as Self (archive footage)
2020
0.0
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.0
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.9
Chavela
as Self (archive footage)
2017
6.9
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2017
5.8
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2015
0.0
Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.0
All Night Long
as Self (archive footage)
2010
6.7
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
2010
6.6
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
2009
0.0
De Madrid a la Luna
as Self (archive footage)
2006
6.0
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Året var 1953
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
as Self (archive footage)
1998
7.7
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Legends of the West
as Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'
1992
0.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
1988
5.9
Harem
as Kadin
1986
4.2
Harem
as Kadin
1986
5.0
The Long Hot Summer
as Minnie Littlejohn
1985
5.2
A.D.
as Agrippina
1985
5.1
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
1982
6.6
Regina Roma
as Mama
1982
0.0
Priest of Love
as Mabel Dodge Luhan
1981
4.8
The Kidnapping of the President
as Beth Richards
1980
4.6
Knots Landing
as Ruth Sumner Galveston
1979
6.7
City on Fire
as Maggie Grayson
1979
5.0
The Sentinel
as Helen Logan
1977
6.1
The Cassandra Crossing
as Nicole Dressler
1976
6.2
The Blue Bird
as Luxury
1976
5.3
Permission to Kill
as Katina Petersen
1975
5.6
Earthquake
as Remy Royce-Graff
1974
6.1
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1974
7.4
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Lily Langtry
1972
6.4
The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Michaela Cazaret
1970
4.9
Mayerling
as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
1968
6.2
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Sarah
1966
7.3
The Night of the Iguana
as Maxine Faulk
1964
7.2
On the Trail of the Iguana
as Self
1964
6.0
Seven Days in May
as Eleanor Holbrook
1964
7.3
55 Days at Peking
as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
1963
7.0
La Rabbia
as Self (archive footage)
1963
7.0
The Angel Wore Red
as Soledad
1960
4.8
On the Beach
as Moira Davidson
1959
6.6
The Naked Maja
as Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
1958
6.2
The Sun Also Rises
as Lady Brett Ashley
1957
5.7
The Little Hut
as Lady Susan Ashlow
1957
6.5
Bhowani Junction
as Victoria Jones
1956
5.9
The Barefoot Contessa
as Maria Vargas
1954
6.8
Knights of the Round Table
as Guinevere
1953
6.0
Mogambo
as Eloise Y. Kelly
1953
6.4
The Band Wagon
as Ava Gardner (uncredited)
1953
7.2
Ride, Vaquero!
as Cordelia Cameron
1953
5.9
Lone Star
as Martha Ronda
1952
5.6
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Cynthia Green
1952
5.9
Show Boat
as Julie LaVerne
1951
6.1
My Forbidden Past
as Barbara Beaurevel
1951
5.5
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
as Pandora Reynolds
1951
6.6
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
1950
0.0
🎬
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
1950
6.0
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
East Side, West Side
as Isabel Lorrison
1949
6.9
The Great Sinner
as Pauline Ostrovsky
1949
6.6
The Bribe
as Elizabeth Hintten
1949
6.2
One Touch of Venus
as Venus
1948
6.5
Singapore
as Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
1947
5.9
The Hucksters
as Jean Ogilvie
1947
6.9
The Killers
as Kitty Collins
1946
7.3
Whistle Stop
as Mary
1946
4.3
She Went to the Races
as Hilda Spotts
1945
5.5
🎬
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
as Dream Girl (uncredited)
1945
0.0
Blonde Fever
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1944
3.9
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Gloria Fullerton
1944
6.2
Two Girls and a Sailor
as Dream Girl (uncredited)
1944
5.7
3 Men in White
as Jean Brown
1944
6.0
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
6.0
Lost Angel
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1943
7.5
Swing Fever
as Receptionist (uncredited)
1943
5.0
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Perfume Girl (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Young Ideas
as Co-ed (uncredited)
1943
4.6
Ghosts on the Loose
as Betty
1943
4.2
Hitler's Madman
as Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
1943
5.3
Reunion in France
as Marie, Parisian shopgirl (uncredited)
1942
6.4
Mighty Lak a Goat
as Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
1942
6.0
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Student (uncredited)
1942
6.5
Sunday Punch
as Ringsider (uncredited)
1942
5.0
Kid Glove Killer
as Car Hop (uncredited)
1942
6.2
This Time for Keeps
as Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
1942
6.0
Joe Smith, American
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1942
5.8
We Do It Because
as Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
1942
0.0
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Young Socialite (uncredited)
1941
7.1
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
1941
7.0
Strange Testament
as Waitress (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Fancy Answers
as Girl at Recital
1941
4.0